Catherine Flores, Plaintiff and Appellant v. Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, Defendant and Respondent

Summary

The court held that the plaintiff's claim was subject to the medical-malpractice limitations period rather than the ordinary personal-injury limitations period. A hospital's negligent use or maintenance of equipment qualifies as professional negligence when the equipment is necessary or integrally related to medical treatment or diagnosis, and the bedrail here was raised pursuant to a medical assessment and treatment order. The court therefore reversed the Court of Appeal's judgment. No separate opinions were filed.